Anselm of St Saba

Anselm of St Saba
Bishop of London elect
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	about 22 March 1136
Enthroned	1137
Reign ended	1138
Predecessor	Gilbert Universalis
Successor	Robert de Sigello
Other posts	Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds
Orders
Consecration	never consecrated
Personal details
Died	3 January 1148
Denomination	Catholic

Anselm (or Anselm of St Saba; died 1148) was a medieval Bishop of London elect as well as Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds.

Life

Anselm was a nephew of Anselm of Canterbury and a monk of Chiusi. He was also abbot of Saint Saba monastery in Rome and a papal legate to England from 1115 to 1119. In 1121 he was elected Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey.^[1] He was elected to the see of London about 22 March 1136 and was enthroned at London in 1137, but his election was quashed by Pope Innocent II in 1138 and he returned to Bury St. Edmunds.^[2] He died on 3 January 1148.^[1] Anselm wanted to make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, but was talked out of the trip by his monks, so he instead built a church to St. James, which may be the first church dedicated to St. James in England.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Knowles Heads of Religious Houses p. 32
^ British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 October 2007
^ Lomax "First English Pilgrims" Studies in Medieval History p. 174

References

British History Online Bishops of London accessed on 28 October 2007
Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940–1216 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2
Lomax, D. W. (1985). "The First English Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela". In Mayr-Harting, Henry and R. I. Moore. Studies in Medieval History Presented to R. H. C. Davis. London: Hambledon Press. pp. 165–175. ISBN 0-907628-68-0.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gilbert Universalis	Bishop of London election quashed 1136–1138	Succeeded by Robert de Sigello

Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Beaumis (uncle) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Beaumis (nephew) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames

Post-Reformation	Cuthbert Tunstall John Stokesley Edmund Bonner Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

Persondata
Name	Anselm of St Saba
Alternative names
Short description	Abbot of St Saba; Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds; Bishop of London elect
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	3 January 1148
Place of death